Key the Polling District as seen on the image using the dictionary provided to assist you. The polling district can be found at the top of only some images (whereas the Civil Parish is expected on all images) and will be followed by the words "Polling District." See image samples on the wiki for further clarification. <br>

Key the Polling District as seen on the image using the dictionary provided to assist you. The polling district can be found at the top of only some images (whereas the Civil Parish is expected on all images) and will be followed by the words "Polling District." See image samples on the wiki for further clarification. <br>

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====Civil Parish====

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Key the Civil Parish as seen on the image using the dictionary provided to assist you. The parish is most often found at the top center of each page above the list of names or in a short paragraph above the beginning of a list of names following the phrase "within the Parish or Township of _______________."

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Key the data found on the record in the Place of Abode column in its entirety as seen on the image. For example, if you see "Chilwell", key "Chilwell" or if you see "3, Church street, Old Basford" key "3, Church street, Old Basford."

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If more than one civil parish appears on an image, create a new section for that parish. If the civil parish has no registrants (it says "NONE" under the column headings), do not create a new section for this parish.

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If the image does not have column headers, the residence place can be found in the third column from the left, next to the list of names.”

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See image samples on the wiki page for further clarification.

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Revision as of 14:31, 23 January 2013

About this project
This collection includes a register of voters living in Nottingham, UK during the year 1885. Electoral registers are lists of individuals who are eligible to vote during the time the register is in force (usually one year). Registration for voters in England has been required since 1832, and registers were typically published annually, though some years had two. Registers were not published during the latter years of World War 1 (1916–1917) or World War 2 (1940–1944).

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Project Instructions
This collection is a register of persons entitled to vote for the northern division of Nottingham, United Kingdom for the year 1885. Registers typically provide a name and place of abode, and older registers may include a description of property and qualifications to vote. Registers were compiled at a local level, with local polling districts being combined to form parliamentary constituencies. Names in registers published before 1918 are often arranged alphabetically within the polling district or parish.

For this project we will be keying the name, place of residence, civil parish, and polling district.

Voter List

Mark an image 'Voter List' if it contains a list of names to be keyed.

Additional Image Samples

Polling District

Key the Polling District as seen on the image using the dictionary provided to assist you. The polling district can be found at the top of only some images (whereas the Civil Parish is expected on all images) and will be followed by the words "Polling District." See image samples on the wiki for further clarification.

Civil Parish

Key the data found on the record in the Place of Abode column in its entirety as seen on the image. For example, if you see "Chilwell", key "Chilwell" or if you see "3, Church street, Old Basford" key "3, Church street, Old Basford."

If the image does not have column headers, the residence place can be found in the third column from the left, next to the list of names.”

Suffix

Key all titles, such as "Jr" or "III", following the surname as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Surname

Key the surname as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Given

Key the first name or initial and any middle names as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Initials should be keyed with a space between them and without entering the periods.

Prefix

Key any titles before the given name, such as "Dr", "Rev", "Mr" or "Mrs", as seen on the image using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Residence Place

Key the residence place for each person as seen on the image. This can be found under the column header 'Place of Abode" or if the image does not have column headers, it is the third column from the left, next to the list of names. Key whatever is in this column as seen, in it's entirety. For example, if you see "Chilwell", key "Childwell." If the residence column says "3, Church street, Old Basford" key "3, Church street, Old Basford."

Keying Image Samples

Cover page, Section header, etc.

Use the “Cover page, Section header, etc” type for images that don’t contain any data, but might be interesting to look at because they provide some type of context for the image set. For instance, historical notes, affidavits, and so forth.

Image with no data

We are not anticipating there being any images that should be classified as "Image with no data".
Use the “Image with no data” type for images that don’t contain any data or any useful context that might be interesting for someone to look at. For instance, an image containing only the blank background or an image with a microfilm target on it.